The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-17
DUDES OF EASTERN EUROPE.

bantam, and Prussian Imitators OF
Berry wall.
The Bulgarian or Roumelian dude in
cases the lower portion of his body in
pantaloons of gray, bankety looking
material. tight-ftting about the knees
and calves. but with bell bottom pro-
fusely adorned with black braid and
which almost hides his feet. The seat
of the pantaloons hangs down to his
knees and wobblos from side to side as
he walks along. The front of the legs
is also adorned with black braid figures
and artistic curves. Around his waist
is a voluminous red kemmerbund or
a sash, many yards in length enclrcling
him in its folds a dozen times. To put
this garment on properly requires the
aid of an assistant who stands oil and
holds one end while the dude turns
himself round and round; as he takes
up .he length like human bobbin the
assistant advances and pays il out A
short Jacket of the same material rs
his trousers and ornamented with the
same style of braid and Turkish fez
or Russian brimless hat completes
makeup that is irresistible to the bellies
of the Balkan peninsula.
The genuine Magyar dude is pic
turesque in the extreme. A billy-cock
hat adorned with peacock feathers is
cooked jauntily on one side OF his
head silk handkerchief embracing
several briget coors encircles his neck
and he wears II light-colored jacket en-
broidcred all over with quaint designs
in colored silk. white pantaloons with
embroidered buttons, coming II little
below the knees and so full rs to re-
semble skirt, and, lastly, shiny top
boots.
The Albanians residing in CONSTANT
nople are the biggest dandies in the
Turkish capital; their costumes are
gold braided brimless hat. fanciful shor,
Jacket with false hanging sleeves, white
frlled shirt with embroidered sleeves
and front, "a founced white kilt that
protrudes like coryphoe's float, white
stockings bound with blue ribbon, and
low, dainty shoes A gay colored sash,
with oriental pistols richly chased
thrust therein, completes the costume.
One of the biggest surprises in neither
garments the whole world round Is
worn by the Grccian dudes one sees on
the streets of Constantinople. Imagine
a sky-bluc silken balloon bottom-side
up and fastened around the wearer's
waist, two neat-Iitting leg-holes made
in the bulge, and the whole bulb col
lapscd and swaddling about the legs
when walking, and you can imagine
the lower story of Greek dude. His
trunk is enveloped in tight-iitting
Jacket of some other shade of blue,
with loose flowing sleeves and white
furbelows showing underneath. His
head is adorned vita a Greek fez, from
which an enormous black or blue tassel
hangs down his back. This ornamental
appendage looks as ii ever on the eve
of pulling the fez off the wearer's head
by its great weight He wears the
ordinary brogans and socks and some
times leaves the calver of his legs bare.
The Persian dude wears tall
cylindrical hat of black lambs wool,
which assumes decidedly knowing
cock or angle on the back of his head
His long black hair is trained to curl
stiiily upward just below the base OF
the hat. He wears a sort of round
about coat, fitting fairly tight about
the body, but which at the waist de-
velops into plated skirt reaching half
way down to the knee. When he walks
he endeavors to have this skirt flop
rhythmically up and down in accord
with his steps. His bantaloons are OF
European pattern, with very loose legs,
and which are left sufficiently short TO
display the embroidered tops of his
socks, six inches above his shoes. The
material of his trousers is generally
European broadcloth, and that of his
coat cashmere-shawl material OF some
flowery pattern or silk goods of some
bright. gay color.-Ne,o York Sun.
An Astronomical Nut.